About six months after the insolvent solar module manufacturer Meyer Burger went out of business, a US company has taken over technology and equipment, raising hopes of a return to solar cell production in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. The company Swift Solar, based in Silicon Valley, California, has announced that it has taken over production facilities and "intellectual property". This will bring together research based in the USA with European expertise in the production of highly efficient silicon solar cells.
Meyer Burger was the last major European manufacturer
The Swiss solar company Meyer Burger, with its sites in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in Saxony and Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, was considered the last major European solar manufacturer. Last fall, operations at the sites in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt were discontinued. The inventory was auctioned off. Around 600 employees in Germany had to leave. In the USA, around 300 employees lost their jobs.
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